Beta Version

• SA-1

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  January 4, 2005 at 7:24 am

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  How does one get a hold of a beta copy of Yukon?

• January 7, 2005 at 8:00 am

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• Antares686

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  January 7, 2005 at 8:34 am

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  Express verions (the next MSDE) is downloadable from their site. For the Beta thou you either have to be on the current Beta, have an MSDN subscription with the downloadable updates or have picked up a copy of the last disk provided at any conference they gave out at.

• steve block

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  January 26, 2005 at 12:46 pm

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  I just saw in a mailing from Microsoft that if you attend the MSDN Event "Winter Program 2005" that you will receive a free copy of SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 (among other things).

  Steve

• nikop

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  February 2, 2005 at 12:24 am

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  The full version is still only available to MSDN subscribers, but you can install the Express version to test out.  All the management tools are not there, but one of the links below is for installing the "express manager" to allow you to graphically manage your installed server.

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  Here is the recommended combination of install steps...

  1. .NET FX 2.0.40903 is at http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/4/9A47D72B-9D98-46CC-87F3-B92E97888E4B/dotnetfx.exe

  (right at the top of the December CTP download page)

  2. SQL Server 2005 Express 9.00.0981 is at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=66120BE8-826A-482A-8264-B1836F28FD79&displaylang=en

  3. Preview 1 of Express Manager is at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8F92556A-6C3B-47D2-9929-ECDC5A4D25AE&displaylang=en

  (at the bottom of the SSX download page)

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  Thx, Niko
  SQL Setup Test Team